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and they, i mean, i think every house in switzerland has a bunker. and in england they, many disasters, and their knowledge of what to do and be prepared is maybe a little bit more -- >> there are things in countries all over the world that we can emulate and that we can learn from. and one of the persistent problems we have in this country is our unwillingness to recognize that maybe someplace else does it a little better, and there's something we can learn from another country. i'm not sure we can really emulate or adopt everything that another country does. we would never be able to adopt the israeli strategy of how -- we'll never get that mindset. at least maybe -- i hope, i hope we don't have a reason to get that mindset in this country. let me put it that way. but you raise a good point. i pointed this out to a group the other day. they were talking about, you know, we really need to you the federal government because they need to be able to respond better and get more boots on the ground. i immediately thought back to i spent a significant amo
and they, i mean, i think every house in switzerland has a bunker. and in england they, many disasters, and their knowledge of what to do and be prepared is maybe a little bit more -- >> there are things in countries all over the world that we can emulate and that we can learn from. and one of the persistent problems we have in this country is our unwillingness to recognize that maybe someplace else does it a little better, and there's something we can learn from another country. i'm not...
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or switzerland? >> well, not as bad as not my standard. [laughter] the u.s. economy has been the most innovative comments that credit available at the broadest base. your distribution financial institution that was the mother to of industrial companies and you can meet the needs of either local level or national level. now we are concentrating its increasingly to read the small business in the community has to have some way to deal with this very large institute because that is soon becoming the only choice. that is the mechanism. it is not as innovative in the u.s., at least historically. so we have the strength that because europe and senate, therefore we should give up our strength. i don't did so. i really don't. when you get institutions come at the fact of life. i've talked to firms who have been pretty much told by some of the largest, most powerful institutions, words like well, why should we make this point to you? convinced me. where you have a locally owned, there's an issue again because the community different developments the institution does we
or switzerland? >> well, not as bad as not my standard. [laughter] the u.s. economy has been the most innovative comments that credit available at the broadest base. your distribution financial institution that was the mother to of industrial companies and you can meet the needs of either local level or national level. now we are concentrating its increasingly to read the small business in the community has to have some way to deal with this very large institute because that is soon...
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geneva, switzerland. coming in at number four, moscow. and the number three most expensive city in the world? n'djamea, chad. the length of the power train warranty. and the horsepower. only ram delivers this kind of muscle. that'll thin out the herd real quick. guts. glory. ram. that'll thin out the herd real quick. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. with new hotel bid alertluck? i don'tline. trade on luck. i trade on fundamentals. analysis. information. i trade on tradearchitect. this is web-based trading, re-visualized. streaming, real-time quotes. earnings analysis. probability analysis. that's what opportunity looks like. it's all visual. intuitive. and its available free, wherever the web is. this is how trade strategies are built. tradearchitect. only from td ameritrade. welcome to better. try ne
geneva, switzerland. coming in at number four, moscow. and the number three most expensive city in the world? n'djamea, chad. the length of the power train warranty. and the horsepower. only ram delivers this kind of muscle. that'll thin out the herd real quick. guts. glory. ram. that'll thin out the herd real quick. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's...
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he did not get to switzerland until may 5 of 1944. he was 156 days as an american, american, -- american jewish bomber pilot behind nazi lines in belgium and in france. no greater testament to this man's resourcefulness and drive could be imagined than succeeding for that long in that circumstance. when he came back from the war, he went to harvard law school and became an attorney at the department of justice. he was an assistant to a rhode island attorney general, rhode islander who became attorney general, jay howard mcgrath, and it began a very, very successful career in the law for him. it was also the time when president kennedy came to office representing that greatest generation, then a new generation, and he trusted bruce sundlun to run his inaugural parade, which was a kind of logistics feat that governor sundlun loved. the fact that it snowed like crazy the night before did not phase him a bit. the entire radical went off on schedule and without incident as planned despite the very inclement weather because bruce had prepar
he did not get to switzerland until may 5 of 1944. he was 156 days as an american, american, -- american jewish bomber pilot behind nazi lines in belgium and in france. no greater testament to this man's resourcefulness and drive could be imagined than succeeding for that long in that circumstance. when he came back from the war, he went to harvard law school and became an attorney at the department of justice. he was an assistant to a rhode island attorney general, rhode islander who became...
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do we want to look more like switzerland or do we want to look more like greece? the answer to this question is clear to the citizens of this country. unfortunately, not all of their representatives seem to have thought through the implications of going after tax expenditures. to get at this from another angle, i would like to discuss the impact of -- on taxpayers of cutting back some of these tax expenditures that come in the form of itemized deductions. i'm going to examine the effects of cutting back these itemized deductions by applying president obama's budget proposal to cap itemized deductions at 28%. it is clear that some in the white house are pushing this 28% cap hard in the negotiations over the debt limit. as noted before, itemized deductions generally are considered tax expenditures. but itemized deductions impact a number of basic long-standing features of american life. itemized deductions include the home mortgage interest deduction, the charitable contribution deduction, and the state and local tax deduction. the president is proposing to chisel a
do we want to look more like switzerland or do we want to look more like greece? the answer to this question is clear to the citizens of this country. unfortunately, not all of their representatives seem to have thought through the implications of going after tax expenditures. to get at this from another angle, i would like to discuss the impact of -- on taxpayers of cutting back some of these tax expenditures that come in the form of itemized deductions. i'm going to examine the effects of...
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that uncle sam owns and superimpose it on europe, it would include the united kingdom, spain, france, switzerland, italy, austria, germany and poland. that would be how much land uncle sam would own if he owned that portion of europe. so the great landholder is none other than the federal government. the federal government owns about 27% of all the land in america. 623 million acres. and we are talking about how to increase the revenue for this country. maybe we should do something that was thought of years ago. ronald reagan may not have been the first but he did mention in the 1980's that the federal government ought to sell some of that land to americans to help, get this, pay down the debt. this has even been talked in the white house. the president, president obama discussed this a couple weeks ago of selling just one little 300 portion acre in los angeles that was approximately worth $2 billion. maybe we should sell some of that. so i introduced the american land act that will do this -- it will require that the bureau of land management and the forestry service sell a portion of their -- f
that uncle sam owns and superimpose it on europe, it would include the united kingdom, spain, france, switzerland, italy, austria, germany and poland. that would be how much land uncle sam would own if he owned that portion of europe. so the great landholder is none other than the federal government. the federal government owns about 27% of all the land in america. 623 million acres. and we are talking about how to increase the revenue for this country. maybe we should do something that was...